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This report provides the latest status of consumption, regulation, public perception, research, development and production of genetically engineered crops in Japan.

In June 2014, FAS Bucharest and AgroBiotechRom Association, the voice of the biotech industry in Romania, organized another successful biotech outreach activity.

The German seed company KWS is starting a new biotech research center in Missouri.

The bill amending Pakistan’s 1976 Seed Act has cleared the first step of the legislative process.

On August 7, 2014, Taiwan’s Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA) of Council of Agriculture (COA) began screening for genetically engineered (GE) materials in organic soybeans.

Turkey's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock requires a government attestation that imports of enzymes and microorganisms are not obtained from genetic engineering.

Honduras allows commercial production and field trials of genetically engineered (GE) crops.

The Australian federal government is very supportive of biotechnology and has committed considerable long-term funding to research and development.

Morocco’s debate on biotechnology continues without much progress.

The Brazilian MY 2014/15 sugarcane crop is estimated at 619 mmt, down 5 mmt from MY 2013/14, mainly due to weather related problems in the center-southern producing region.

A record Brazilian soybean crop of 94 million metric tons (mmt) is forecast for the 2014/15 marketing year (MY) as a result of increased planted area.

Prime Minister Medvedev Interview on Food Embargo…. Duma Considers Draft Law Tightening Labeling Control of Genetically Engineered Products….